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Ireland, and considers it certainly a form of G. nigra. 

 Probably tbe G. Jacea of " Fhra Hibernica" is nothing more 

 than the same variety. 



2. C. Cyanus (Linn.) — Com Bluebottle. 

 Districts 12-45---- 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. From South to North of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Cultivated land ; rather rare, and local. Fl. June to Aug. 



Rare about Cork, and considered not wild by Mr. Carroll. 

 Often sown with flax and other crops ; it has not been 

 observed in the west of Ireland. 



Ranges from sea-level to 600 feet on Ben Evenagh. 



3. 0. Scabiosa (Linn.) — Greater Knapweed. 

 Districts 1 23A>-t'5 6-8---- 

 Lat. 51°-54°. South and Middle of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Cultivated fields, banks, and waste places ; local, and rare. 

 Fl. July to September. 



1 and 2. Rather rare near Cork ; Fhr. Gork. But occurs 

 in both divisions of the county ; I. C. — 2. In Waterford ; 

 /. G. Near Clonmel ; Miss S. Gruhb. — 3. Ayresfleld, &c., 

 Kilkenny ; Bev. S. Madden. Jenkinstown, Kilkenny ; Mr. 

 P. Duffy. Kilmacow ; itfr. T. CAarecffiee. Stradbally, Queen's 

 County ; Mr. T. Ghandlee. — 5. Chapelizod ; Lucan ; Glas- 

 nevin; Wade Dull. Finglas, Glasnevin, Santry, Coolock, 

 (fee, near Dublin ; Ir. Flor. Banks of the Dodder, and 

 near Chapelizod ; not uncommon near Dublin ; Mackay Gat. 

 Ir. Augherane ; Kilgoing ; FoxhiU, near BaUitore ; /. G. — 

 6. Near Castle Taylor, Galway; A. 0. M. Fanora, near 

 the coast of Clare ; Bern. T. Warren. Near Tuam ; Wade 

 Oallovid. — 8. Near the town of Galway; Prof. Melville. 

 Usually in cultivated fields, and on banks adjacent, preferring 

 a calcareous soil. Possibly should be classed as a colonist 

 (see " Cybele Britannica," Vol. iv., p. 119). 



[C solstitialis (Linn.) occurred, in 1821, in a sandy field at 

 Portmarnock, where it has since become extinct, and was 



